Bale-tie buckle



J. A. TODD.

BALE TIE BUCKLE. APPLICATION FILED ocr. H. 192:.

1,404,330, Patented Jan. 24,1922.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES A. TODD, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

BALE-TIE BUCKLE.

Application filed October 17, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES A. TODD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Worth, in the county of Tarrant and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bale-Tie Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to bale tie buckles and particularly to bale tie buckles for securing the ties or bands on bales of cotton and other fibrous material; and'the object is to provide a buckle which will be highly eflicient for cotton baling purposes and which is simple in construction and which can be placed on the ties with great rapidity. Another object is to provide the buckles with a locking device and an adjusting device both formed integral with the buckle. One advantage of the improved buckle is that smaller wire can be utilized in making the buckles and the buckles can be manufactured at small cost. Other objects and advantages will be fully explained in the following description and the invention will be more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this application.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the buckle. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the buckle placed on a tie. Fig. at is a side elevation of a buckle which varies slightly from the buckle shown in the previous views. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the buckle shown in the Fig. 1.

Similar characters of reference are used to indicate the same parts throughout the several views.

The improved buckle is made preferably of a single piece of steel wire. The buckle has a tie-engaging member 1 which is the upper tie-engaging member provided with side bars 2 and 3. An adjustable tie-engag ing member 4 projects from the side bar 2 at an angle from the vertical plane of the buckle far enough to provide an entrance throat for the tie. A hook support 6 projects from the side bar 3 at the inner side of the buckle to support the tie-engaging member 4:. The support 6 will be strong by reason of the short bend of the wire. The wire forming the support 6 is doubled upon itself and projected towards the front and then bent horizontally to form the ad just-ing member 7 which, in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, is vertically under the tie-engaging mem- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 24, 1922.

Serial No. 503,186.

her 1. and thus in the vertical plane of the buckle. In Fig. 4 the member 7 is slightly inward from the vertical plane of the buckle for the purpose of bringing the adjusting member nearer to the vertical plane of the end of the tie-engaging member 4, when the buckle is finally adjusted to the tie on the bale. The tie-engaging member 4 is bent downwardly near the end to form a locking hook 8 to engage the support 6. When the buckle is finally placed on the tie on the bale, there can be no slipping of the parts of the buckle on each other or on the tie. The hook 8 is spaced far enough from the support 6 to form an entrance throat for the tie. See Figs. 2 and 4. The side bar 2 has the lower portion inclined so that the side bar will assist in adjusting the buckle on the tie. The object in making the upper tieengaging member inclined is to prevent the making of spiders which is prohibited by law in some states. Spiders are made by projecting ends of the tie, as the end 9. If this end is not held between the main tie 10 and the bale, it is liable to form a spider which would injure the workmens hands in moving the bale. The tie is placed on the member 1 and hammered on before the tie is placed on the bale so that there is no chance with this tie of forming a spider above the buckle. The free end of the tie is adjusted on the member 4 and on the adjusting member 7 When the pressure is removed from the bale and strain comes on the tie, the member 4 will be drawn outwardly to the position shown in Fig. 3 and the member 1 will be drawn to a horizontal position, drawing the support 6 up wardly to be caught by the locking member 8. The buckle will thus be securely locked on the tie and the part 9 will be directly behind the part 10 of the tie and pressed against the bale so that there can be no spider formed on the end of the tie. The function of the member 7 is to make the tie draw the member 4 to the position shown in Fig. 3. The member i must set at an angle to the plane of the buckle so that the tie can be adjusted thereon.

What I claim, is,-

1. A bale tie buckle comprising a single piece of steel wire having an upper tie engaging member initially set at an incline and side bars projecting downwardly therefrom, one side bar having an angular formation and a lower tie engaging member progaging member initially set at an incline and side bars projecting therefrom downwardly,

one side bar having an angular formation for adjusting purposes and a lower tie- 'engaging member projecting horizontally r therefrom and initially set at an angle to the vertical plane of the buckle to form an entrance throat for the tie, and the other side bar having a support for said lower tie-engaging member and the wire forming said 7 support doubled upon itselfand an adjusting member formed on the terminal of said wire and projecting horizontally in the plane of the buckle.

3. Abale tie buckle comprising a single piece of steel, wire having an upper tieengaging member and side bars projecting downwardly therefrom, one sidebar having a lower tie-engaging member projecting horizontally therefrom and set initially at an angle to the planeofthe buckle to form an entrance throat for the tie and having a lock formed on its terminal, and theother side-bar having a hooked support projecting inwardly therefrom to be engaged by said .lower tierengaging member and its lock when strain comes .on the tie and said sup- 7 port having an adjustingmember projecting horizontally therefrom in the plane of the buckle for causing the tie to adjust said lower tie-engaging member.

In testimony whereof; I set my 12th dayof October, 1921.

JAMES A. TODD.

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